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AEDES ALBOPICTUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Striped native of Japan thriving in southwestern and midwestern United States and spreading to the Caribbean; potential carrier of serious diseases
Synonyms:
Aedes albopictus; Asian tiger mosquito
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Aedes albopictus" is a kind of...):
mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)
Holonyms ("Aedes albopictus" is a member of...):
Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)
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